balaon.
/bəˈlaʊ/ The half-beak.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Hemirhampidae (half-beak)
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1854–5 Trans. Jamaica Soc. Arts 1 144 Hæmirhamphus Braziliensis, Ballahoo.
1858 L. A. A. de Verteuil Trinidad 448 Hemiramphus. 1 species (s).. (s) Balaou.
1858 L. A. A. de Verteuil Trinidad 451 The balaou and gar-fish are commonly caught at night by torch-light, or with the seine.
1867 T. F. De Voe Market Assistant 199 There are likewise to be caught in the winter season, fish, by towing over this bank, if a person has suitable bait, such as the ballaho, which they have generally in the West Indies.
1893 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I Balahoo (W. Ind.), a halfbeak.
1896 D. S. Jordan & B. W. Evermann Fishes N. & Middle Amer. (Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 47) i. 723 Hemirhamphus balao... If a valid species, this must be the original balaó, which is said to have the caudal bluish, and the common species will stand as H. brasiliensis.
1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 16/1 Ballahoo, a name applied to the Garfish..by Sydney fishermen. The word is West Indian, and is applied there to a fast-sailing schooner; also spelled Bullahoo and Ballahou.
1922 Outing Mar. 253/1 For sail and other large fish they use a sardine-sized, sword-nosed minnow called a ballyhoo.
1949 Esquire Mar. 81/6 Bait—mullet, squid, balao, [etc.].
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